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W. H. SMIDT SHOE HOOK. No. 413,098. Patented Oct. 15, 1889..

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WILLIAM H. SMIDT, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

SHOE-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 413,098, dated October15, 1889.

Application filed June 15, 1889. Serial No. 314,354:- (NO model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. SMIDT, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sho'e-Lacing Hooks;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make andv use the same.

My invention has reference to the manufacture of shoe-hooks for lacingpurposes, and has for its object.- to so construct said hooks that theymay readily be enveloped exteriorly with a jacket of pyroxylinecomposition in order to afford -a good wearing-surface.

'Prior to my present invention it has been customary to japan saidhooks; but it is a well-known fact that the japan soon wears off andexposes the unsightly brass hook. In my prior application, No. 307,023,filed April 12,1889,I showed and described ahook which was dished out atthe wearing-points, such dished portions being filled and built outwithapyroXyline composition, and while this afforded a hook which wasfully protected as against wear, still the convexity formed by thedishing out of the top of the hook rendered it very inconvenient tooperate the usual tool by which the hooks are set within the shoe. In mypresent improvement the under side of the top of the hook is straight,so that ample room is left for the introduction of the setting-tool.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis an elevation of a hook-bodymade in accordance with my improvement, and Fig. 2 a sectional elevationof the completed hook.

Similar letters denote like parts in bot-h figures.

The hook A is made in the usual manner, with the eyelet B dependingtherefrom. My improvement consists in piercing the top of the hooks witha prick-punch or other suitable tool in such manner that the stock isthrown up to form an eyelet, as shown at C, then applying the exteriorjacketD of pyroxyline or other suitable plastic composition, and finallysetting such composition by pressure, and thereby embedding thedisplaced stock 0 firmly within said jacket. I prefer to use hydraulicpressure, since I am thereby enabled to clinch the eyelet C within thecomposition D.

The great advantage of my improvement will be obvious from the fact thatthe jacket D is absolutely clinched by the eyelet, and is thereforeinseparable from the hook.

I claim 1. The hook having the stock of its head perforated and theedges of said perforations thrown up, in combination with the externaljacket of plastic material, as pyroxyline, surrounding said stock,substantially as set forth.

2. The hook having the eyelet thrown up from the top of its head and anexterior jacket of pyroxyline material compressed on said top andclinched thereto by said eyelet, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AROHIBALD O. WEEKs, GEORGE KYTE.

